#!/bin/bash OLDFORCPATH='PATH_TO_OLD_FORCING_DATA_FOLDER' NEWFORCPATH='PATH_TO_NEW_FORCING_DATA_FOLDER' for i in `ls $OLDFORCPATH`; do echo ${i##*/} ncks -d west_east,1069,1225 -d south_north,2093,2329 ${OLDFORCPATH}/${i} ${NEWFORCPATH}/${i##*/} done